cabaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• cabaíl, cabaíocht
• cabghail (obsolete)

Etymology

From cabaire +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑbˠəɾʲəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

cabaireacht f (genitive singular cabaireachta)

1. (act of) babbling, prattling, gabbing, jawing
2. loquacity
3. prattle, palaver (unnecessary talk, chatter)

Usage notes

Sometimes functions as a verbal noun without finite verb forms.

Declension

Declension of cabaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cabaireacht vocative a chabaireacht genitive cabaireachta dative cabaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chabaireacht genitive na cabaireachta dative leis an gcabaireacht don chabaireacht

Synonyms

• (loquacity): béalscaoilteacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabaireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cabaireacht	chabaireacht	gcabaireacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cabaireaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 102
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cabaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN